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A wide choice of topics covered from the dawn of history right up to present days . Many of these have a wider relevance than purely within the context of Strathearn . The author's viewpoint often is at variance with the accepted opinions espoused elsewhere eg The Jacobite Uprisings and The Reformation .

Over the last year in these “blogs “ we
havelooked at many of the older
historical aspects of Perthshire and indeed Strathearn in particular . The
Strathwas a haven for the wandering
tribes of the Neolithic period that were spreading out over WesternEurope . Spreading out and into a Scotland
that was not to emerge as a nation for nearly four and half thousand years . The ubiquitous
standing stones that still stare down upon us from the farm fields all a round
are a remnant of the ancient past . Recent archaeological investigations have
thrownlight upon the hitherto unknown
Neolithic Cursus that bisects the ground that is the new Strathearn Campus .
Diggings at Forteviot , some ten mileseast of Crieff , haveturned up
numerous finds of this period .A Bronze age gravewas unearthedcomplete with a gold – banded dagger still wrappedin its 4 000 year
oldsheath . The significanceof this becamequite clear when the gravewas identified . It hadbe…

The Old Coat of Arms of Crieff﻿
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﻿ Site of the historic Stayt of Crieff 2013 - a ploughed field !﻿ Injust over a yearof “ blogging ” our local history here in
Strathearn , we have covered a multitude of topics regardingpeople , places and “ things ” !What isclear that this , one of the mostbeautiful parts ofPerthshire –
nay Scotland – has an incredible and special heritagethat mustbe protected and projected to a wideraudiencethan just those who
dwellby the banks of the Earn ! Sadly much of the
recorded history of the area has nowbeen lost by the removal of the detailedinformationfrom official maps . Regrettably
present day searchers scouring the well detailed Ordnance Survey maps in both
the Landranger ( 1: 50 000 ) or the Pathfinder ( 1: 25 000 ) will do so in vain
if they are looking for the historic Stayt of Crieff or indeed Fowlis Castle –
ancient home of the Celtic Earls of Strathearn .It issomething of a
concern when …

Retired part time lecturer at Perth College and former rugby correspondent to our local paper the Strathearn Herald .Former President and a Honorary Member of Crieff & Strathearn Rugby Club. Written 4 books on the local history of Strathearn .